Movie
The Wiz Live!
Overview
Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of showstoppers designed to create an eye-popping new take on the musical unlike anything ever seen.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-12-03
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- TV Movie, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- NBC
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mary J. Blige as Evillene
- Uzo Aduba as Glinda the Good
- Queen Latifah as The Wiz
- Amber Riley as Addaperle
- David Alan Grier as The Cowardly Lion
- Ne-Yo as Tin-Man
- Common as The Bouncer
- Shanice Williams as Dorthy Gale
- Stephanie Mills as Auntie Em
- Elijah Kelley as Scarecrow
- Capathia Jenkins as Dorothy's Mother
- Donald Webber Jr. as Lord High Underling
Crew
- Kenny Leon - Director
- Matthew Diamond - Director
- Harvey Fierstein - Writer
- L. Frank Baum - Characters
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